Every week in class we have a new speaker come to teach a new topic. Last week’s topic was about Fear of the Lord. It was a rather confusing topic at the beginning but after I put it into practice it became much simpler.
One of the first things we talked about was giving up our rights to serve the God as Lord. Rights in this situation could mean finances, reputation, dreams, fashion, food, ect. I began to think about rights that just being American will give you. Can you think of a right that your country, society, or family has given you that would keep you from serving the Lord? If we want world evangelism then we have to be able to give up our rights.
Something that got my attention during lecture was a Joy Dawson quote,
“Fearing the Lord is caring more about God’s reaction than the
reaction of men.”
That is just what happened these past weekends – walking in fear of the Lord.
Some roommates and I went to a nearby beach town and walked around searching for opportunities to pray for people, share the gospel, or just smile and tell someone they are beautiful.
Around noon we sat down for lunch at a taco shop and asked God to bring us the family we had talked with the weekend before, or other people we could bless. As we were finishing up our homemade tacos, two little girls approached us selling bracelets and gum. My initial response, “no gracias” automatically rolled out of my mouth. Soon after I thought, “am I fearing man or the Lord?” All of a sudden what
we were learning in class became real. Was I holding on to my rights or letting them go to be a servant of the Lord? The Holy Spirit
convicted me to give up my rights to finances and reputation in order to choose to walk in fear of the Lord. We asked them, “tienen hambre?” (are you girls hungry?) A shy and timid “sí” came out of their mouths
so we bought them tacos and listen to their stories.
Over tacos and cola we learned that Alejandrina (age 12) and Angela (age 11) both like playing soccer, have siblings but don’t know how many, go to school in Tijuana, and sell bracelets & gum in their free time to help support their family. I’m sure there is plenty of their story we don’t know but I do know that that day they heard that they were loved by the God of this world, they are cared for by a Heavenly Father, that He is always by their side listening to their prayers, and that Jesus was sent by God to this world to die on the cross so that we could have a relationship with God. This was all possible for simply deciding to walk in Fear of the Lord.
I encourage you to go about tomorrow walking in the fear of Lord because he has some amazing plans for you. There might not be as many drug dealers or gang members to come in contact with, but there are people searching for hope in every nation, state, city, and neighborhood.
“For we are God’s Masterpiece . He has created us new in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” -Ephesians 2:10
I continue to pray for all the mothers, children, drunks, homeless, deported, drug dealers, guards, and American tourists that God has placed in my path through our “taco ministry” weekends. God is good.
And finally, what I have been supper excited about…. For my outreach phase in December- February I will be in southern Mexico working with un-reached people groups in Oaxaca and Chiapas!! I am so excited for the ways that God will use our team to share his love!
